CMS Watch: Midgard keeps chugging along

The latest release (1.7.6, in case you’re counting) builds on some previous attempts to make the package play better in standard corporate environments, including integration with Apache Lucene for search, and JSR-170 support as well.

His other comments are also interesting, noting the base of activity in the project:

The open-source CMS package Midgard is not very popular in North America, but it sports a wide following in Central and Eastern Europe, including a core group of developers who have slowly re-architected the package after a semi-dormant period early in the decade.

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Which CMS does The Real Story Group Use? (Tony Byrne / CMS Watch): The answer is, we use an open-source platform called "Midgard." We picked it nearly ten years ago, and it has held up fairly well.... One of the things we like about Midgard actually makes it rather unsuitable for many simpler publishing scenarios: it is highly object-oriented. This...

Midgard CMS switched to a synchronized release model this summer, and the first fruit of it is Midgard 8.09 Ragnaroek, a Long-Term Supported release launched last week: Ragnaroek LTS is a Long Term Support version of Midgard for which bug fixes and minor feature improvements will be supplied by the Midgard community for several years. It is recommended that all...

About Midgard

Midgard2 is a content repository library that can be used in both web and desktop applications. It is built as by Midgard Project, an international free software community. I've been an active part of the group since its beginnings in late 90s.

Thanks to GObject Introspection, the Midgard2 content repository can be used from almost any programming language, including PHP, Python, and JavaScript.